Anyone been a Dominos delivery driver?

[FN-GM]

At 16.99 for a pizza... I don't tip!

 

I don't buy never mind don't tip. There is an Italian that does a 12" for £8 and its much nicer!

[halbaradkenafin]

At 16.99 for a pizza... I don't tip!

 

Unless it's being shared between a few of us I stay away from Dominoes and Pizza Hut because those prices are far too high for the quality of pizza you get. I just pop along to Asda and get a create your own pizza (usually with a better selection of toppings) for about £3, with travel and cooking time it works out about the same either way and I can spend the money I saved on beer or food for another few days.

[Garacesh]

Do you?

Yes. Because I ask And if the money doesn't go to them I reconsider.

 

I don't understand the idea of tipping chefs, truth be told. The chef is paid to make the meal and the chef makes the meal. If the chef believes that they are worth more, they're in a position to negotiate a pay increase. Waiting staff, on the other hand, are a dime-a-dozen no-qualification position (which by no means devalues waiting staff, just makes them easily replaceable) so pay negotiations are next-to-impossible for them. Even if they give 110% with every single customer where other staff give 80%, they're still not able to discuss a change in pay. So tipping is appropriate.

 

Unless it's being shared between a few of us I stay away from Dominoes

3 of us living in this house. It's easy to go over £50 on pizzas. Which then makes it half price (Checkout code PIZFIFTY) so it's not so bad.

[has]

Our local indian takeaway does a 16" for £9.

[Garacesh]

Our local indian takeaway does a 16" for £9.

 

But they probably use fake cheese and crud ingredients. Dominoes is expensive, sure, but you're getting the proper stuff. You can certainly tell the difference when you eat it.

[sippo]

The delivery drivers pay their own fuel though, so the tip helps cover it. Kitchen staff don't have that problem.

 

Each driver used to get a delivery amount per each drop. I used to save three at a time, to save my fuel costs. Tips were just a bonus, and were never expected. You'd rarely get one as most people pay by card online/phone.

[rad]

I orderon the phone app and collect. BOGOF too. makes it well worth it.

[Edu-IT]

Do you? How much of it?

 

What about if the policy is to share the tip among the other staff? Some places have an expectation that a certain % of tips are handed back to the establishment. Very little of your money could actually be going to the person that served you.

Like this place.

 

Las Iguanas hits back to clarify tipping policy after online petition - Coventry Telegraph

[woodham]

I stopped tipping at any place that automatically adds the tip to the bill how do they know im happy to pay + 10% tip when they haven't asked so they get sent away to bring the actual bill , tips are for/should be for above expected service not for just carrying the plates to the table and saying enjoy your meal.

[Pottsey]

I've stopped tipping since most takeaway places started charging delivery. Nobody give ls me a tip at work!

 

Why will you take a pay cut when you become an academy OP? You should be TUPE'd over?

Many people get a large pay cut when TUPE'd over to an academy. Its just something you have to live with or find a new job if you end up at an academy that does give a pay cut. Not all do.

[sparkeh]

Many people get a large pay cut when TUPE'd over to an academy. Its just something you have to live with or find a new job if you end up at an academy that does give a pay cut. Not all do.

Editted:

Do you mean after the protected period? TUPE means you continue with the same terms and conditions with your new employer.

(for a certain period? not sure).

Edited September 7, 2015 by sparkeh

[Garacesh]

I stopped tipping at any place that automatically adds the tip to the bill how do they know im happy to pay + 10% tip when they haven't asked so they get sent away to bring the actual bill , tips are for/should be for above expected service not for just carrying the plates to the table and saying enjoy your meal.

I did wonder, is it even legal to add a 'service charge'? Does it not fall afoul of the Misrepresentation Act 1967?

 

If I look at a menu and say "I'd like a glass of wine and the horse beef lasagne, please.", and the menu says the wine is £3.90* and the lasagne is £7.20*, I expect to pay £11.10 for my meal. When they hand me a bill that reads "10% Service" and my bill comes to £11.21, am I legally obliged to pay it? (Yes, it's 11p, not a huge deal, but it's the principal more than anything.)

 

Admittedly I haven't ever studied a menu in great detail, I'd imagine service charges may be in some smallprint on the menu?

 

* Random figures pulled out of my butt.

[CAM]

The menu often says "A discretionary 10% service charge is added to the bill"

[Pottsey]

Editted:

Do you mean after the protected period? TUPE means you continue with the same terms and conditions with your new employer.

(for a certain period? not sure).

I don't really understand all the ins and outs all I can say is I have seen a number of academy's do things like lower the wages of 1/3 of staff with a 2 year pay protection while another 1/3 of staff in the same school took a pay cut right away with no pay protection. There seem to be a number of ways around changing the pay. EDIT: Not that all academy's do that and some do rise pay.

Edited September 8, 2015 by Pottsey

[DGardiner]

Is it a schools trust or a company ran thing?

 

honestly, we've been an (primary)academy/trust for about 4-5 years and all the scaremongering around it etc.. not a thing has changed... except we do most of our stuff in house, and arent stuck with a bad LA broadband line

 

edit:

and 2 years in i got a substantial pay rise to suit the role.

Edited September 8, 2015 by DGardiner

[LeMarchand]

Is it a schools trust or a company ran thing?

 

honestly, we've been an (primary)academy/trust for about 4-5 years and all the scaremongering around it etc.. not a thing has changed... except we do most of our stuff in house, and arent stuck with a bad LA broadband line

 

It varies. I know @elsiegee40 has kept things running by the book, but the last conversion I was involved in was basically a pension pot for the head and many of the staff got royally shafted.

[DCUK6]

We would be joining a 2 other school in the area under one trust.

 

They already have a Network manager and they also have a assistant manager for their second site. Being the third school i can see my job going down to senior technician at this school. The headteacher has brought in several of her own staff already, our dep head has been shipped of to one of the other school as a way for her to get her own dep head in.

 

Case of waiting and seing now. Only good thing is that ive been told bring some texpensive things forward. Spending all the LEA money before we convert and it gets taken away i guess.

[Arreks]

Do people tip delivery drivers? did they ever? Maybe I'm just a mean person, in the US and other places I can understand because tips are much more important but over here wages for jobs like drivers/waiters etc are more equal afaik. I'd tip the person who puts the toppings on my pizza if they do it well (around here it's awful, I asked for DOUBLE AND THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE DOUBLE TO ME!) but that's it.

[LeMarchand]

Do people tip delivery drivers? did they ever?

 

I usually do, but we rarely order pizza (way overpriced). It's normally the local Chinese and the driver gets a quid or tow.

[LincolnE]

I wouldn't work for any delivery company like that.

I had a friend that did it in university. Had to use his own car, fuel and all that. You'd need business insurance on your policy and the amount of wear it puts on your car can soon take it's toll. Combine that with loosing a large chunk to begin with on tax, you'd soon end up making almost nothing for all that extra effort.